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ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD

EDM number 573 in 2000-01, proposed by Brian H Donohoe on 09/04/2001.

That this House notes with disappointment the decision of the Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Chelmsford not to grant the faculty requested for certain work to make safe monuments in St Mary's Churchyard, Little Ilford, a closed churchyard responsibility for the maintenance of which has been transferred to the London Borough of Newham; regrets that, as a result, unless funding is made available by the Borough for the full restoration of these monuments, they will remain a danger to the public and a bar to the effective use of the churchyard as an educational resource, as illustrated in pictures on the back cover of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Committee's Eighth Report of Sessions 2000-01, HC.91; recalls the statement made in oral evidence to the Environment Sub-committee of the Select Committee on the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs by the then Chancellor of the Diocese, prior to this decision, that in such cases 'the important thing is to avoid danger'; and calls on the Government to review the legislation pertaining to closed churchyards with a view to enabling local authorities to make sensible decisions regarding the maintenance of closed churchyards for which they have legal responsibility.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian H Donohoe09/04/2001Cunninghame SouthLabourProposed
Gwyneth Dunwoody09/04/2001Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Hilary Benn09/04/2001Leeds CentralLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt09/04/2001ReigateConservativeSigned
Bill Michie10/04/2001Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Tom Cox10/04/2001TootingLabourSigned
John Cummings10/04/2001EasingtonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones23/04/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/04/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe23/04/2001LeighLabourSigned
Alan Simpson24/04/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill O'Brien27/04/2001NormantonLabourSigned
Tom Brake27/04/2001Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned

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